Utilize Crop Rotation & Cover Crops
It’s no secret that cover crops offer an array of benefits. But maybe you’ve experienced a cover crop failure. Challenges like this tend to arise when cover crops are treated as an afterthought. John Urbanick, a Pennsylvania farmer and ProfitProAG client, knows you’ve got to manage cover crops, much like you manage a cash crop. John and his brother Joe have been growing cover crops for the past decade to improve their soil. Cover crops have also cut their ragweed challenges by 50%. Plus, the cereal rye in their “super scavenger” seed mix pulls in valuable nitrogen from the soil. “We’re trying to grow our own nitrogen,” Urbanick says. Click here to see how the Urbanicks make cover crops work, and learn a simple, 3-step process to help you succeed with cover crops.
Is your pit foaming
If your manure pit is foaming manure pit, you need answers—now. Just ask John Yoder, vice president of manure-handling equipment for Eldon C. Stutsman, Inc., eastern Iowa’s largest retail and wholesale supplier of agricultural products. Plenty of products claim to manage foam, but not all deliver on their promises. A few years ago when the Stutsman team heard about ProfitProAG’s Manure Master FoamAway, they were interested, but skeptical. Around this same time, a farmer with a foaming pit was calling the Stutsman team for help, and time was of the essence
Reduce Tillage Cost
Got rain? While there’s plenty of talk about praying for rain and jokes about rain dances this summer, why aren’t more people discussing tillage? How much is tillage really costing you, especially when Mother Nature turns the water off? We contend that intensive tillage is one of your biggest enemies when it comes to water conservation, soil health and productive crops. Don’t overlook 3 practical steps to help you cut tillage costs (and still break down crop residue efficiently), boost your soil’s water-holding capacity, and produce healthier, higher-yielding crops. Click here for all the details.
Why should you consider residue breakdown?
Why should you put ProfitProAG’s Crop Residue Digestion Program to work on your farm?
Soft Rock Phosphate
Soft Rock Phosphate Soft Rock Phosphate (SRP) • SRP (prill) (dry) (0.5-24-0.5-31Ca + trace elements)available in 2,200 lb tote• Application rate: 150 to 450 lbs/Acre• Provides calcium, phosphorus and 55 trace minerals• 3 to 5 year breakdown in soil—one of the best waysto build soil nutrient levels• Naturally mined product from Idaho• Can be approved […]
Potassium Sulfate K2SO4
Potassium Sulfate K2SO4 Potassium Sulfate K2SO4• Potassium Sulfate (prill) (dry) (0-0-50-18S)available in 2,000 lb tote• Application rate: 50 to 100 lbs/Acre• Provides sulfur needed for seed fill• Choose either Conventional or Organic
Elemental Sulfur
Elemental Sulfur Elemental Sulfur (E.S.) • E.S. (prill) (dry) (95-98% S)available in 2,700 lb super tote• Application rate: 100 to 200 lbs/Acre• 3 to 5 year breakdown in soil• Naturally mined product from Canada• May reduce tight, sticky soils• Can be approved for Organic Use
0II-YS
OII-YS is a specialized formulation of natural surfactants and sticking agents. OII-YS can positively affect the application of nutritional sprays. OII-YS is a unique synergistic blend of principal functioning agents featuring the combined properties of a superior agricultural spreader and sticker. It enhances the activity and performance of foliar nutrients. With foliar applications, the superior wetting of OII-YS results in a more uniform distribution of material which increases the retention and absorption of sprays by reducing surface tension of the spray droplets. When applied to the soil, OII-YS improves wetting of hydrophobic soils by increasing water penetration into the soil matrix.
Minimize Plant Stress This Summer, Maximize Crop Yields This Fall
If you’re concerned about dry conditions this summer, it’s time to control the controllables that impact yield potential. There’s one thing you don’t want if you’re trying to keep crops green and healthy, and that’s ethylene. Plants produce ethylene when they’re stressed. Did you know there are ways to manage this process, so your crop can continue to grow, develop and achieve a higher yield potential? Read on for all the details.
Are you a High-Brix Farmer?
Would you be willing to invest about $100 in a simple tool to assess the quality of your crop, week by week? It’s easy when you use a refractometer to measure Brix levels in your plants, right in the field. Higher Brix levels go hand in hand with heavier, more nutrient-dense corn. The heavier your corn, the more profit you make
